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Chapter 29 - Plans
Edward's Point of View
We had stayed with Bella's family for two weeks and were now heading over to the eastern states to travel through Sydney, Melbourne and possibly Canberra. Bella and I were sitting on the plan, waiting for it to land.
"Bella?"
"Yes?"
"Have you been to Melbourne before?"
"No, but I've heard it's a great place to visit." So we would both be tourists in Melbourne. The plane landed, we grabbed our luggage, went past all the security points and then we were heading out to grab a shuttle to take us to our hotel.
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We were staying in the Medina hotel, which was right near federation square, according to Bella, and there was a street with food, shops and a church just around the corner. The view from balcony was great, Melbourne looked simply divine at night and at sunrise. The sun was just setting when Bella came up behind me and took my hand in hers. She started leading me to the door.
"Where are we going, love?" I asked her. She smiled at me.
"Let's go for a walk and grab some dinner." I smiled and followed her down the lift and out the sliding doors. Bella and I walked past federation square and around the corner onto the street where the shops were. Majority of the shops were closed, because of the time, Bella picked a simple fast food place to eat and so we walked in and ordered. Bella and I talked through the whole time of walking and eating and soon enough we were heading back to the Medina. Once we were back in our room, Bella made us some tea and we snuggled up on the couch watching a random television show. I got up and washed the cups in the sink before making my way back over to the couch, I saw Bella's sleeping form and smiled. Bella looked so peaceful when she slept. I turned off the television and lifted Bella, very carefully, from the couch and carried her to the bedroom. I laid her down on the right side of the bed, quickly and gently removing her shoes, watch, necklace, jeans and top, before removing the covers of the left side and lifting her once more and placing her underneath the covers. Once she was tucked in I got changed and joined her. I pulled her into my arms and smiled as she snuggled closer.
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Bella and I continued to tour Melbourne for the next week, we went to the Australian Center of the Moving Image (ACMI), Captain Cook's cottage, the art gallery, the museum, the parliament house, we took a stroll thought the Fitzroy gardens and we watched several performances at Federation Square as well as movies at the nearby cinema. We also took a day trip to the Dandenongs. Soon enough we were heading for Canberra for five days. We were staying in the Medina there as well, the room wasn't as large as the one we had back in Melbourne, but it would have to do. We had one day of rest where we just lounged around in the hotel room before heading out to see the old and new parliament house the next day. We visited the national war memorial in the afternoon and the next day we visited the national zoo and aquarium and then we spent the rest of our time in Canberra relaxing and enjoying each other's company, not that we didn't always, before heading out to Sydney.
"Sydney is amazing." I breathed as I looked out at the city from the AMP tower. Bella stood next to me.
"Isn't the view amazing." I nodded in agreement. It was crazy how beautiful this place looked. Bella and I arrived in Sydney two days ago and so far we had walked through the city on our first day and then we went to the Powerhouse museum the next. Currently we were at the AMP tower and were going to spend the rest of the day at the Taronga Zoo, Bella claims that it is the most famous zoo in Australia. We walked around the whole deck and Bella pointed out the familiar buildings from the top. I smiled down at her; I was amazed she could remember so much after being here only two days!
"Have you ever been to Sydney before?" I asked.
"Yes, once, but only for three days and dad was on a business meeting so I didn't get to look around." She sighed.
"Well now you do." I gave her hand a squeeze.
"Yes…I do." She smiled up at me. "Ready to go to the zoo?" She asked as we made our way down.
"Yep." She chuckled.
"Sure about that? It's a lot or walking from what I've heard."
"I think I can handle it." I told her and she shook her head.
"I don't think I'll be able to."
"I'll just have to carry you then." I smirked at her as we exited the elevator and headed out the doors and started walking towards the ferry.
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Bella and I walked through the entrance into the zoo and Bella looked at the map.
"Definitely a lot of walking…if you want to see the whole zoo that is." She looked up at me, raising one eyebrow. I looked over her shoulder at the map.
"Choose your favourites." I told her.
"What about yours?" I shrugged.
"Maybe we can come back and see what I like most, but whatever you like then I'll love it." She shook her head.
"All right, how about…the Asian rainforest or whatever. The one with the elephants." I took the map from her hands and looked where to find the elephants, I nodded and took her hand, leading her towards the elephants.
We walked through all of Bella's favourites and we went through most of mine, I told her that of course, and then we stopped to have lunch before looking around some more and then going into the gift shop and then heading back to catch the ferry again. Seeing Bella so happy made me start to think of some new ideas and plans.
A/N: What plans and ideas does Edward have??
